Portrait edit

[Rentham]

I've been staring at this image for too long. I guess this is sort of a Can You Spot the Edit post. Obviously she's been retouched, but there is something I had to "fix". Does it jump out at you?


Marybeth Headshots by Rentham, on Flickr

[BigFuzzy]

Ok first, it's a great photo.

But to answer your question, I cannot spot anything obvious.

There is one thing that does bug me (just a little mind you), and who knows, maybe it's part of the edit, though I doubt it. It's the bottom highlight on her lower lip. The top one on the edge doesn't bother me as it feels right, but the bottom one stood out at me even before I opened the large version of the photo on flickr.

Also, to show off my obsession with details, why the hell didn't she button her sleeve button!?

That's what you get when you ask someone to really look at something haha.

So in summary, nah, nothing obvious about editing jumps out at me.

[zona5101]

I do not see anything obvious. If you forced me to guess, "guess" being the key word, I would say the underside of her arm was pulled in.

[phaither]

i also thought that the bottom lip highlight didn't exactly line up with the top highlight?
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[Rentham]

Originally Posted by BigFuzzy

There is one thing that does bug me (just a little mind you), and who knows, maybe it's part of the edit, though I doubt it. It's the bottom highlight on her lower lip. The top one on the edge doesn't bother me as it feels right, but the bottom one stood out at me even before I opened the large version of the photo on flickr.

Damn you're good. Zeroed right in on the area.


Marybeth Before by Rentham, on Flickr

Originally Posted by BigFuzzy

Also, to show off my obsession with details, why the hell didn't she button her sleeve button!?

Argh, I didn't even notice! Great question. Thanks for the feedback, as always.

[Rentham]

Thanks for the responses Bruce and Faith. She didn't pick this photo from the proofs because of the funky lip action, but I liked it enough to try to rescue it. My preference and initial approach was to open the "stuck" part of the lip but that ended up being more distracting than closing it.